Bug fixes:

• Fix whatsapp integration

Bug fixes:

• Fix whatsapp integration
• Fix offline page sometimes stuck retrying

Bug fixes:

• Fix notification not working #229
• Fix whatsapp integration

From now on any new features will get a minor version bump. If there's only bug fixes only the patch version will get a bump.

What's new

Chat with any number

Need to chat some stranger? Or want to quickly send something to some guy's number? We're all too tired to reach our phone, open contact, add the number, then finally send the message. You can now chat with other people without saving their number! Go to Dashboard > Tools > Open Chat

Monochrome tray icon

The default tray icon don't match your taste? Want a uniform look on your tray? Now you can change it to monochrome icon by going to Dashboard > Settings > Tray Icon > Icon Type

PS: the tray badge would still be bright red when there's a new message

Bug Fixes

• WhatsApp works with Chrome 60+
  Now more robust & should work with other language. Fixes #172

From now on any new features will get a minor version bump. If there's only bug fixes only the patch version will get a bump.

What's new

Chat with any number

Need to chat some stranger? Or want to quickly send something to some guy's number? We're all too tired to reach our phone, open contact, add the number, then finally send the message. You can now chat with other people without saving their number! Go to Dashboard > Tools > Open Chat

Monochrome tray icon

The default tray icon don't match your taste? Want a uniform look on your tray? Now you can change it to monochrome icon by going to Dashboard > Settings > Tray Icon > Icon Type

PS: the tray badge would still be bright red when there's a new message

Bug Fixes

• WhatsApp works with Chrome 60+
  Now more robust & should work with other language. Fixes #172

Bug fixes:

• Fix whatsapp integration
• Notification grouping returns 🥳🎉

Bug fixes:

• Fix dashboard icon not showing
• Fix whatsapp integration
• Disabled notification grouping (temporarily) since it causes problem when replying

Considering that @cstayyab haven't been able to contribute to WALC, he made a separate Github Organization and added me as maintainer.

Despite being minor release, this version packs a lot of new features (I probably should reconsider the versioning schema). But here's to highlight some.

What's New

Support for WhatsApp Multi Device 🥳🎉

WALC is now compatible with WhatsApp Multi Device

New Notification System 💬🎉

The notification now integrate more to the system and WhatsApp. If you're using KDE Plasma 5.18 or above, you can use inline reply. But you can still use the Mark as read action on other DE. Notification will be correctly formatted (bold, italic, and link only) and grouped.

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/37852137/164596090-cea95a51-49d0-4deb-9c78-5de9c90b6f6f.mp4

However, I did not test the new notification on other DE, it could be broken there. You could check this option to use the old notification.

App Lock 🔒

Secure your chat from prying eyes 👀! It's not the most secure thing in the world, but at least it will keep most people away. Currently open for suggestions, like how to reset the password (yes, there is currently no easy way to reset the password if you forgot it).

And other new features:

• Always show Dashboard icon even if whatsapp integration is broken
• Notify and disable some features in dashboard when whatsapp integration is broken (will do in dashboard icon and tray in the future)

Bug fixes:

• Improve online check in WALC offline page
• WALC will correctly open existing window when launching the app again

What's New

Notification Inline Reply and Mark as read 💬 🎉

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/37852137/164596090-cea95a51-49d0-4deb-9c78-5de9c90b6f6f.mp4

After consulting to a helpful KDE developer, I got this awesome feature in. If you're using KDE Plasma 5.18 or above, you can use inline reply. But you can still use the Mark as read action on other DE. However, I did not test the new notification on other DE, it could be broken there. You could check this option to use the old notification.

Bug Fixes:

• AppLock D-Bus error handling
• replaced D-Bus implementation with newer one
• fix bugs in App Lock settings page

Sorry for the very long delay, got very busy for a couple of months. But to worry not! To compensate, we got features

What's New

• Official support for WhatsApp multi device 🥳🎉
  I finally got time to update whatsapp-web-electron.js (the library we depend on to integrate with WhatsApp) to support multi device
• App Lock 🔒
  Secure your chat from prying eyes using app lock! It's not the most secure thing in the world, but at least it will keep most people away. Currently open for suggestions, like how to reset the password (yes, there is currently no easy way to reset the password if you forgot it).
  Also, the "Lock on Screen Lock" feature is only tested on KDE. Please help me test it on other DE.
• Some tweaking to the settings page

What's New

• Always show Dashboard icon even if whatsapp integration is broken
• Notify and disable some features in dashboard when whatsapp integration is broken (will do in dashboard icon and tray in the future)
• Now WALC will open existing window when launching the app again

Tip

Did you know that WALC has a hidden menu? Press alt to show it! The menu has useful shortcuts like the nifty chat shortcut. Productivity goes brrr... 📈📈

Hello, long time no see. @cstayyab has transferred ownership to WAClient organization. No time for long speech right now, so let's get going with the update. There is not much change in this update, I just updated all the dependency to make sure the app works. Because there's just so many libraries to update, I need your help to test it to make sure it's bug free when it releases.

Bug Fixes (by @Zzombiee2361)

• update whatsap-web-electron.js
• make sure whatsapp web is not loaded in dashboard window
• unregister service worker when asked to update browser, fixes #138
• handle disconnect event and reload whatsapp

Bug Fixes (Snap Version) (by @cstayyab)

• #129 Added Microphone interface (Enable from Snap Store > Search > WALC > Permissions OR use this command in Terminal snap connect walc:audio-record)

Reverted Electron Forge to Electron Builder

WALC 0.2.0

A few top level changes are as follows:

• Migrated Offline Page to Vue
• Added Dashbaord
• WhatsApp Theme Tracking
• Migrated to WhatsApp-Web.js to Electron specific Package
• Migrated Build system to electron-forge (@cstayyab)
• Added Full Width Option
• Added Chat Switching using Ctrl+Num keys

Note

• As we migrated to electron-forge we are putting snap Support on hold. Meanwhile, we will be working on added it back as well as support for other package types e.g. flatpak, deb, rpm
• Unless otherwise mentioned all the work in this release has been done by @Zzombiee2361

Known Issues

• Tray Icon duplicates when "Close to Tray" option is toggled. (Upstream Electron Bug)

This is a critical bug fixing release. You might have to manually download and replace the AppImage File with exact same name as you have in your installation directory before.

• Commit 54812b4148c4abba2e3f6996b9ac413ef1931b1e (Pull Request #60)
  • Show WALC instead of exit prompt on new instance (issue #56 and #57)
• Commit 968f5b2b4313873608845262bf8debf662a39e9d (Pull Request #62)
  • Added launcher script when installed with npm install (issue #61)
    Please note that WALC installation using npm install -g walc is not officially supported.
• Commit ff0fd327a2ec62c1fb9d327248865abf75c5f9b3 (Pull Request #64)
  • Removed waStore since window.Store is already loaded by whatsapp-web.js
  • Removed dark mode toggle since whatsapp officially supports it
  • Better window.Store detection on preload.js
  • Added Ctrl+Q shortcut to exit WALC (issue #43)
  • Immediately retry connecting to whatsapp when internet is online

Special Thanks to @Zzombiee2361 for doing most of the work in this release.

• Commit 04b8b15c58a2f332bf70939ead72e94f7aeba8a8 (Pull request #34)
  • Notification on Disconnect
  • Rework Offline Page
• Commit c32e9d64716c0ef52647d6d93fd20b60076e4c0e
  • Tray Badge Update
  • Dark Mode Settings
• Commit f24f4e383d9b83284bed34ad194952581afd9c9a
  • Don't show Dark Offline Page when Dark Mode is disabled
• Commit d5b344c6b62f7d6b832203e66d5e9c082a4bdb66
  • Update tray icon when a chat is added or removed from muted state (Pull request #38)
• Commit 66bf7fe6c5670fcdcd326047fb51632647edf1a2
  • Fixed Bug that prevented auto-hiding of Menu Bar
• Commit 29250ff481a3d50fd377b9de7c273fc958613d89
  • Added Rate & Review Option to the Menu Bar
• Commit dbad54f166b60095bbc5f4369fc071fc597abbcc
  • Added Shortcut Keys in Menus
• Commit d157ba879483e0ce28f57f1ef8043a36c1c7aa84
  • Added Spell Check Feature
• Commit f91f91039e61d8152c1100c9908226b18ca3175f (Pull Request #47)
  • Fix WhatsApp Data Store Detection
  • Updated Electron Version
• Commit 696b23c1bd6916d353ddd18589eacb3a056a3aa3 (Pull Request #52)
  • Fixed Issue of JS Error when LSB_Release Module is missing (#39)
• Commit 4ac093eb820b40acb590c1f694f51e0eb5998703
  • Fixed Detection when user is logged in
  • Updated Dependencies
  • Updated WhatsBot to latest Commit (bfea74f5675941e2b5f15e3a9badffb8788ef1b9) as of 11th July, 2020

This released is delayed 2 months because I couldn't find the time merge PRs, update code and test it all properly.

Dark Mode is Finally Here

CHANGELOG

• Commit 04b8b15c58a2f332bf70939ead72e94f7aeba8a8
  • Added WhatsApp Web's Dark Mode (#22 and #30)
• Commit 437dc4623825dc41182e172fc46985dedc9b2d38
  • Auto Hide Menu Bar. (Please Alt to Toggle) (Feature: https://feathub.com/cstayyab/WALC/+6)

CHANGELOG

• Commit bd912565fbad80bfd240ea8effff3d7dd2cfa146
  • Added Camera Interface so that Camera can be used in Snap Version of WALC (#28)
• Commit 9d1c8927e4251d4a8739f5c2308b47ac7bc1d761
  • Added Help Menu to access Bug report & feature request from WALC
  • New wide help menu to show help text under each menu item.
• Commit cd1429ff607c6eb4863f5426270093124e1b3ba5
  • Added Help Text to all menu items for easier understanding of what exactly the Menu Item is for.
• Commit 7a23a72241c052e950bee6e2a88a827ee83e329a
  • Added Force Reload to easily clear cache to resolve cache issues when they occur
  • Added Separators in Window menu for better appearance
• Commit 82943c1246119340a77cbca6e258fbc7aa83a720
  • Added new WhatsApp menu for all functions strictly related to WhatsApp
  • Added menu item to archive all group and private chats